A time to listen
South Carolina and the First “Big Lie”
On the battlefield at Gettysburg, competing historical narratives force an encounter with the truth
Scott Hancock is Professor of History and Africana Studies at Gettysburg College. Prior to that, he spent 14 years working in group homes with teenagers in crisis. He is currently exploring how places like the Gettysburg battlefield can put African Americans and slavery back into the heart of the story told by national park landscapes and memorials.